Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-10

greater than it was last. Another florist
declared positively that the demand -
less this Easter. 1t looks like case OF
''you pays your money and you take S
yQur CHOICE" Perhaps each florist
judged by his own sales, At all events it
the question was Submitted to popular
vote tue chances are that tue first dealers
opinion would be supported by majority
ct the ballots.
a gentleman who is an enthusiastic
grower and admirer, and whose garden
is mass of beautiful blooms, said that
u, supply must be abundant, because he
knew mat his own plants are blooming
more freely this spring than last. The
most OF the professional growers admit
that the supply is abundant enough not to
cause them any anxiety.
MASSES OF RICH FLOWERS.
Had any one stood at the corner OF Bull
and BrougbtOn streets yesterday alter
noon and attentiVely noticed the corsage
bouquets that passed be would have
feared that the churches would be scan
tily decorated to-day unless the ladies
donated tie beauties which they wore in
their bOsoms. 70 have asked that would
have been making demand tor sacrl-
ice almost as bard TO comply with as
Abraham's. Roses were the fayoriJe as
they always are. One could have
counted twenty different varieties in less
than five minutes, and probably more II
his eye was apt at distinguishing the
several kinds.
White roses were the most numerous,
but that was not an evidence tbatthey are
the most popular, for any lady would
have traded her Lamarque5 or leila Pra-
dells for JacquemInots two for one. The
jacques still retain the tirst place in fa-
& nd oil
they surpass ali OF their family for beauty
Then there were good many specimens
Of such new and pretty varieties OF red
roses as the Countess OF Oxford, the AL
phoDse de Rothschi!d and the DR.. Andry
with an occasional james Spruut and a
Queen Maria Henrietta, a climber which
Is now blooming ro,usely.
SOME FAvoRITE ROSES.
Other white roses besides the leila
iPradei and the Lamarque were the
Estella Pradell and the one with the
pOetIcal name, Reve Dor. a dream of
gold. Some florists rank the Estella Pra-
dell above the leila, but the best judges
consider the latter the finer of the two.
1t has the advantage of being an ever
blOomer, whereas it's relative blooms
only In the spriug and fall. The Souve-
mir de la ID al NJ Alison is not plentiful, but
where 1t is seen il is not second to any
of the light colOTed roses. In yellow
varieties the Marechal Neil led by long
odds, and was far ahead in numbers OF
the Marie Won Haute and Isabella
Sprunt. All three varieties are In full
bloom and each one is a beauty. The
lovely La France led the pink varieties
among such rivals as the Catherine
Mermet, the Hermosa and the Duchess OF
Brabant. After all, the old standard
varieties looked as near perfection as the
best of the new kinds. No doubt the old
and the new where they were side by side
on some fair neck quarreled and raved
after the manner of the twa briggs OF Ayr
tor two jealous lovers.
FLOWERS FOR THE CHURCHES.
= But the roses did not have the field ex-
clusively to themselves. German impe-
rial and highland pansies were quite
Conspicuous, and perhaps dreamed tina.
some day they themselves would be
the rage. Many basket OF flowers was
sent yesterday afternoon to the "best"
girl. The Catholic, Episcopal and Luth-
teran churches, which are generally the
most lavish with flowers in decorating at
Easter, got the principal pari of their SUP
ply from the yards of the Pensioners.
The tropical foliage plants for massing,
and, in fact, all of the ported plants for
backgrounds, are loaned. The cut flow
ers which are worked into the designs are
given, of course. Easter lilies are scarce,
the season having been backward, and
there are not over many Gala lilies. The
prettiest effects are often obtained by ar
tstic grouping of plants with a careful
blending of the colOrs of those IN bloom.
There is hardly church In Savannah
that VIII not be decorated In some way In
token Of the great festival.